projects / arcade / joystick assembly
JOYSTICK ASSEMBLY
The place I work at was getting rid of some 5/8"X4'X8' pieces of
particle board. I took at and used it for the joystick controller panel.
Here are the pieces cut out for the joystick panel. On the front piece,
I made the top angled so it would match the side pieces when it was
assembled. I completely forgot about the back piece and made it too
short to angle.
Here are the holes drilled for the buttons and joysticks. I have the 6
button layout for the fighting games and the top for start and select.
The two buttons under the 6 others were on the PS2 so I decided to put
them on. When I bought the buttons and joysticks from X-arcade, I saw
the layout they had on their joysticks and made mine similar.
I made the holes with a 1" hole saw. As you can see on the top button,
they don't fit. The buttons were too big by about 1/32 of an inch.
I don't have a 1 1/32" drill bit so I got my dremmel tool to make
the holes bigger.
I pre-assembled the the front panel to see if it fit and also work on the electronics.
I did some design before I started but things were constantly changing
as I worked on it. One example is the switch for the PS2 and DC
controllers.
Because of how I made the switch, I had to make a hole in the box.
Look at how close the switch fits to the box.
